May 9, 2019
Mary Andom, a graduate student in the M.A. in Applied International Studies program who also serves as a communications assistant at the Jackson School, writes about Jackson School doctoral candidate
October 1, 2018
Affiliate Professor Tabitha Grace Mallory is quoted in “Gambia’s tolerance for Chinese fish factories tested as Beijing courts poor African nation with deals,” on how China’s aquaculture has become a major
July 18, 2017
To improve education systems around the world Bridge International Academies (BIA) offers cheap schooling for the world’s poor. BIA offers teaching at a low cost with standardized pedagogy. Teachers use
May 25, 2017
Assistant Director of African Studies and Latin American & Caribbean Studies Monica Rojas-Stewart has won a prestigious Artist Trust Fellowship for 2017. First presented in 1987, the fellowship provides funding to artists across Washington State
May 3, 2017
M-Pesa is an electronic mobile money system free of cards or banks that lets users transfer money between users and go to local agents to withdraw cash. M-Pesa[1] is named after
April 25, 2017
April 11, 2017
Nation-state borders are no longer the manifestations of sovereignty that they were in the 20th century, something that is made readily more apparent by the mounting reports of inter-state cyber
March 24, 2017
Cameroon is a longtime US ally and stabilizing regional force. It is particularly vulnerable to cybercrime, but a corrupt government makes any state-led cybersecurity effort risky.
November 1, 2016
September 22, 2016
Africa is now home to some of the world’s fastest growing economies–the terms “Africa rising” and “lions on the move” have both been used in recent years to capture the